silasozzie

silasozzie

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About silasozzie

silasozzie has 28 years experience and specializes in critical care.


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  1. making him take responsibility for his actions and not backing down yourself was the right thing to do. Alcohol/drug user etc??? Many many more decent people to use your time to help. Harsh? dont care.....
  2. What is your Nursing Super Power?

    I have two. Making the saddest, angriest person laugh. And telling arrogant medics to pull their head in.
  3. Nursing Director removed my pts restraints

    nailed it NuGuyNurse2b
  4. Nursing Director removed my pts restraints

    this is TYPICAL of management staff who take a 30 second peek at a situation that you have obviously struggled with for many hours. I hear you sister!
  5. Why I'm leaving nursing

    jeeez, try 30 years!!!! and yes! I am absolutely sick of all the politics, bullying and backstabbing. I have another 6.5 years until I retire......
  6. how ridiculous. In Australia, there is no needle anywhere near a urine collection
  7. Bullying by Nurses and CNa

    being bullied has nothing to do with being a new grad. I've nursed for 30 yrs this year and I get bullied by mangaement all the time.
  8. Treat the Patient, not the Monitor.....Really?

    I had a family member come to me yelling " He's flatlining!!" I knew straight away that he was looking at the spO2 trace. I asked the grown up son... "what is he actually doing?" "Oh, he's talking to me" Cue massive eye roll and a verbal warning that...
  9. Unit Manager Demands I Cut My Hair

    get to Australia ASAP, that is beyond ridiculous... not to mention completely SEXIST! just how long are the female staff wearing their hair?????
  10. The Patient I Failed

    we do this almost every frgn week in my ICU, disgusting, sickening and demoralising......
  11. Does anyone else hear the 'ICU chorus' post night duty?

    absolutely. especially when i've been on with nurses who do not attend to alarms promptly and let them go all night. makes me wonder how supermarket cashiers don't go mad hearing the scanner beeps in their sleep too.
  12. Does your ICU provide sitters?

    we do not have sitters in ICU in my hospital in Australia. We may have up to 3 non-tubed patients, 2 of which are confused, and sometimes several beds apart. we are expected to watch them all, which is how one faceplanted the floor the other night.
  13. Concealed Carry for Caregivers

    if even ONE person fired back, it may have changed their whole plan, possibly ran out killing fewer people. better than just lying there waiting for it.
  14. Concealed Carry for Caregivers

    is that true? that nurses are not allowed to have a gun?